Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/17

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Kodak Release
From: "Jim Shulman" <garcia@chesco.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:04:05 -0400

You mean the way they [Leica] continued to produce enlargers?  I
wouldn't count on it.  If slide sales keep diving, and demand drops
further, and Leica/Hermes continues to have the expected business profit
pressures, the slide projectors won't stand a chance.

We now live in an era where many people consider a laptop projector to
be more than adequate.  The march to lower quality drags onward!

The sound you heard was Walther Benser turning over in his grave.

Jim Shulman
Bryn Mawr, PA


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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
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Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:31 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodak Release

Dear Colleagues,

The reason for Kodak's termination of slide projectors is simply that 
consumers drifted away from slides during the 1980s, long before the
advent of the 
digital projector. I think that the popular video camera is responsible
for that 
change.

Our local camera club still holds slide competitions and it's a major
part of 
their activities. I still shoot slides. I assume that Leica will
continue to 
produce slide projectors. 

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